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[Lake in the park, Buffalo, N.Y.] – Antique Wall Art

[Lake in the park, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910] — historic photograph
[Lake in the park, Buffalo, N.Y.], [between 1900 and 1910]. Historic photograph from the Buffalo collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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This rare historic photograph captures [Lake in the park, Buffalo, N.Y.] in remarkable detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.

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[Lake in the park, Buffalo, N.Y.]

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A quiet lake in one of Buffalo's parks is the subject here, shown as a place of calm rather than the city's streets or factories. Buffalo's park system was largely laid out by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux in the 1870s, giving residents green retreats from a fast-growing industrial city. The image is an 8-by-10-inch glass dry plate negative made by the Detroit Publishing Company, whose views of American places were widely sold to railroads and publishers in the early 1900s. It was given to the State Historical Society of Colorado in 1949 and later reached the Library of Congress.

Created / published[between 1900 and 1910]
Medium1 negative : glass ; 8 x 10 in.
GenreDry plate negatives.
NotesTitle from jacket. 1158" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 032988. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949."
SubjectsLakes & ponds. Parks.United States--New York (State)--Buffalo.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Detroit Publishing Company Collection
Original scan973 × 803 px
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-DET-66369

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